Paula Sojo tells PEOPLE she began sewing ostomy covers after her surgeries, transforming a medical device into an accessory ...

Xu Xiaozhao, a colon cancer survivor and Olympic torchbearer, has developed a free Android app aimed at improving professional nursing care for ostomy patients in China. The app consists of two parts, ...

I was 21 when I first became an ileostomy patient. An ileostomy is when the last part of the small intestine (ileum) is connected to a hole in the abdomen called a stoma, which allows stool to leave ...

Ostomy patients using a new type of skin barrier product--infused with ceramides that play an essential role in the normal barrier function of the skin--experience lower costs of care, according to a ...

If there is a key word to describe the challenge of ostomy management, “sensitivity” seems like an appropriate choice. It has dual connotations: First, it concerns an intrusive surgery that leaves ...

What, you may wonder, is a wound, ostomy, continence, foot care nurse? Most people who ask what I do have had some type of experience with wound care, even if only an accidental cut, scrape or burn.

Five years ago, retired Miami attorney Hal Spaet learned he had bladder cancer. Surgeons removed his bladder and performed a urostomy to eliminate urine. Still dazed from anesthesia, Spaet was not ...